Delivering World-Class Health Care, Affordably

India might be the last place on earth where you’d expect to find health care innovation. Government programs have finally brought some infectious diseases under cont...

BLOOD ON THE DIGITAL DANCE FLOOR

It’s hard to steer clear from the political process in India any longer, hard to ignore the shrill cacophony that dominates as well as overpowers sensibilities and wi...

Intangible cultural heritage: A force for sustainable development

No society can flourish without culture – and no development can be sustainable without it. Culture holds answers to many of the challenges societies face today. Awar...

A Shifting Balance of Power

The notion and practice of power is arguably what creates and maintains large societies. Since the role of government is conceived to be so integral in safeguarding our soc...

Women2Drive' campaign gathers speed in their quest to lift the driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia

(New York) – Saudi authorities should end the country’s driving ban for women as the “Women2Drive” campaign gathers momentum, Human Rights Watch sai...

7.3 magnitude earthquake off Japan prompts Fukushima plant evacuation

An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude has hit 231 miles (371 kilometers) east of Japan’s Honshu Island with tremors felt in Tokyo. The quake prompted an evacuation at the de...

BCC aims to better position, represent women in programming

She is one of the BBC’s most senior female executives, and although this in itself wouldn’t necessarily mean that Liliane Landor is particularly concerned about...

Bollywood actor Sunil Shetty has grabbed headlines in the media for funding the treatment of his Nepalese security guard's ailing 12-year-old daughter.

Bollywood actor Sunil Shetty has grabbed headlines in the media for funding the treatment of his Nepalese security guard’s ailing 12-year-old daughter.

Shetty...

The Political Debate: Morality vs Growth

Never has Indian society been more bipolar than with its reaction towards Nerendra Modi. It is rare to find anyone that has a neutral opinion about him. His supporters proj...